Situation on the Kramatorsk & Slavyansk directions, Donetsk Oblast:Over the last few weeks, Russian forces stepped up their offensive operations, and have made significant progress in the direction of Nikolaevka and Kramatorsk.
In the south, Russian forces cleared the remaining parts of Minkovka and the strongpoints south of the village, before securing the entire eastern bank of the Seversky-Donets Canal in this area. Assault groups then crossed the canal, establishing a foothold on its western bank, and entered the villages of Malynovka and Tikhonovka. Some infiltrations have taken place even further west towards Vasyutynskoe and Pershomarovka, to within 5.5 km of the eastern outskirts of Kramatorsk.
To the northeast, Russian forces recaptured the northern part of Nikiforovka and the village of Lipovka, and established control over the forests north of Lipovka. Other forces improved their positions in the forested gullies east of Ray-Alexandrovka, forcing the Ukrainian formations in the strongpoints to the east to withdraw due to the risk of encirclement. From here, Russian forces have reached Ray-Alexandrovka from the south and are attempting to clear the remaining treeline positions east of the town. In Ray-Alexandrovka itself, Russian assault groups captured the town centre and advanced in the northern and southern parts of the town, with some infiltrators penetrating west towards Orekhovatka.
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